Nordic Aquafarms executives said they plan to spend an estimated USD 100 million (EUR 84.4 million) on site preparation at the planned location of a recirculating aquaculture system in Humboldt County, California, Lost Coast Outpost reported.
The information was divulged during a tour of the proposed site, which is located on the Samoa Peninsula on the former site of the Evergreen Pulp Mill, near the town of Eureka. The defunct mill, Nordic Aquafarms Executive Vice President of Operations Marianne Naess told SeafoodSource in 2019 when the project was announced, had received some clean-up efforts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but much of the facility remains in need of refurbishment…